Break Up Big Seed!
Don't regulate modern safe crops created using CRISPR gene-editing.
Science & Technology
Encryption Is Winning! Celebrate, But Be Wary.
Terrible Senate bill is poised to go nowhere.
Global Warming Scaled Back, Say Two New Studies
Climate models may be running 2 to 4 times too hot
California Undermines Public Health by Treating E-Cigarettes Like the Real Thing
Classifying vaping devices as tobacco products will deter smokers from making a switch that could save their lives.
Bill Named After Murdered Girl Fails House Vote. Thank Goodness.
Hard cases make bad law and exploiting grief is bad politics.
Can a Bot Run a Company?
The DAO is an ambitious project that's already amassed an incredible amount of funding. A lot could go wrong, but it could be revolutionary if it goes right.
An Autonomous, Software-Based Venture Capital Fund Just Raised $163 Million. It's the Largest Crowdfunding Campaign in History.
Technology stays one step ahead of government.
Annie Duke: 'What Life Lessons Can Poker Teach Us? All of Them.'
Poker champ talks game theory, gambling, and Donald Trump.
Is It Ethical to Grow Human Organs in Pigs?
Fomenting another useless moral panic over biotechnology
Is It Ethical to Grow Human Organs in Pigs? New at Reason
Scientists are trying to achieve just this goal, but some ethicists are opposed to the research
Ronald Bailey Argues for Transhumanism at the Washington Post
My fellow Americans should not get to vote on what enhancements I might want
Yes, the World is Getting Better. Here's Why.
Reason TV set out to cheer up Venice Beach doomsayers with evidence of positive global trends.
Yes, the World is Getting Better. Here's Why.
Reason TV set out to cheer up Venice Beach doomsayers with evidence of positive global trends.
That Time the Pennsylvania State Police Disguised a Spymobile as a Google Street View Car
But didn't disguise it very well
Biotech Crop Safety Scientific Consensus Confirmed by National Academy of Sciences
"No substantiated evidence of a difference in risks to human health between current commercially available genetically engineered (GE) crops and conventionally bred crops"
Corn Yields Boosted 50 Percent by Biotechnologists
Malthusians are never right and never win.
Print Your Own Drugs, For Health and Fun
Instead of adapting laws and regulations to the evolving possibilities of the world in which they live, regulators, could try to head off that evolution instead
Why Vape? E-Cig Companies Are Not Allowed to Say.
The FDA is suppressing potentially lifesaving information about the health advantages of e-cigarettes.
EPA Finds Glyphosate Is Not Carcinogenic
Actually, the report was suppressed by the agency but its conclusions are posted below.
Sliding Down the Super-Cycle: Resource Doom Postponed Indefinitely
Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham admits he was wrong about "peak everything."
Current Commodity Super-Cycle Slide Confounds Resource Doomsters
Investor Jeremy Grantham makes "an admission of a past mistake on resources."
The Government's Attitude on Data Security: There's Too Much and Also Not Enough
'Let us in, but do a better job at keeping others out!'
Is It Ethical to Synthesize an Entire Human Genome? Yes!
Genomes are not "sacred" entities needing some kind of special moral consideration.
The FDA's Deadly Censorship of Lifesaving E-Cigarette Information
Regulators won't let manufacturers of vaping hardware and e-liquids tell their customers the truth.
Facebook Trending Topics are Curated by Editors, Not an Algorithm, Leaked Documents Reveal
Documents show no evidence of political bias, but do contradict the company's claim that topics trend organically.
Hillary and the Extraterrestrials
Three reasons to appreciate Clinton's fascination with UFOs
Academic Freedom Is On the Decline, and Here's the Data to Prove It
An analysis of 50 years of U.S. court cases shows professors seldom win in speech battles with school administrators, and it's only getting worse.
The FDA's Deadly E-Cigarette Regulations
The agency's new rules threaten products that offer a much safer alternative to smoking.
Facebook's Trending Section Is Now the Business of US Senate Commerce Committee
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) wants answers from Mark Zuckerberg and company over allegations of political bias in curated news feed.
AAA Finds No Basis for Equating THC Blood Levels With Driver Impairment
Traffic safety trends in Washington after marijuana legalization are ambiguous.
Why We Should All Care About Brazil's War on WhatsApp
Because WhatsApp is so popular, it is a prime target for government data mining-and not just in Brazil.
One Company Fought the FDA and Won. What That Victory Means for Medicine.
Vascular Solutions CEO Howard Root faced years of jail time in a legal battle over off-label use that has profound implications for medical innovation in America.
Uber and Lyft Defeated by Voters in Austin, Texas
City desire to fingerprint all drivers will drive the e-hailing companies out of the city.
At What Point Does Robo-Bureaucracy Become Robo-Tyranny?: New at Reason
Robot overlords coming to a government agency near you.
Is Blockchain Technology a Trojan Horse Behind Wall Street's Walled Garden?
At the Bitcoin/blockchain industry's flagship annual conference, blue chip banks were out in force.
April 2016 Is Fourth Warmest Month In Satellite Record: Global Temperature Trend Update
The uptick in warming has raised the global climate trend from +0.11 to +0.12 C per decade
If You Want to Keep Your Phone Contents Secret, Perhaps Don't Use a Fingerprint Lock
Unlike passcodes, judges seem willing to force cooperation with authorities for access.
Totally Bogus Attack on Glyphosate in Quaker Oats
Anti-GMO activist scaremongering against herbicide glyphosate almost makes Donald Trump look honest
A Bold New Plan to Help Addicts and End the Drug War
"Addiction rewires your brain like falling in love does," says Maia Szalavitz, author of "Unbroken Brain."
Memphis Police Officer Tackles and Arrests Man For Video-Recording Him
Memphis PD's policy clearly states citizens have First Amendment right to record police.
Virtual Reality Will Turn Kids into Zombies! Just Like Movies, Advertising, Video Games, and Rock Music Did!
Is it too soon to panic over a thing kids barely have access to, yet? No, don't be silly.
